Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	183
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	158
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	76
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	11
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	1

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Hospital Admissions	15,918
Hospital beds	485

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	37,881
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	48
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	4,065
Other HMOs (1998)	10	33,768

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	139,341	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	130,236	93.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,050	1.5
Blacks (1999)	5,686	4.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	419	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	950	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,231	1.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,390
Avg median household income (1997)	41,097
Persons in poverty (1997)	13,193
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3